Pressure Control - US markets strengthening; good contract wins in Latin America; positioning for further growth in the Middle East; increasing lower cost manufacturing capacity.

Gas Turbine Services:

Oil & gas and power focused businesses active.

Continuing emphasis on longer term contracts.

Market for provision of fast track gas fired power solutions strong.

Sir Ian Wood, Chairman, and Allister Langlands, Chief Executive, of Wood Group, stated, "The first half of 2008 has seen continued strong growth and we are pleased to report another excellent performance. Overall, our markets are robust and the demand for our services remains high. We expect the strong growth to continue and believe results for the year will be ahead of expectations."